The Buffalo News interviews UB professor on bringing the annual American Society of Mechanical Engineers to Buffalo

A Q&A on the front page of the business section in
Sunday’s Buffalo News interviews Venkat Krovi,
associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, who
was instrumental in bringing the annual conference of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers to Buffalo. Krovi serves as general
chair for the conference, which will be held in August and is
expected to attract 1,500 to 2,000 people from around the world,
and will for the first time offer a career fair and engineering
expo in an effort to integrate industry professionals with
academics and students. An additional article reports the
conference, jointly hosted by UB, will showcase exhibits and
presentations that cover some of the hottest topics in
manufacturing, including self-driving cars,
“Avatar”-like vertical lift aircraft and 3-D
printing.